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Ives, Blake

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0.476 virtual world worlds co-creation flow users cognitive life settings environment place environments augmented second intention
0.414 issues management systems information key managers executives senior corporate important importance survey critical corporations multinational
0.393 satisfaction information systems study characteristics data results using user related field survey empirical quality hypotheses
0.368 training learning outcomes effectiveness cognitive technology-mediated end-user methods environments longitudinal skills performance using effective method
0.367 team teams virtual members communication distributed performance global role task cognition develop technology involved time
0.357 outsourcing transaction cost partnership information economics relationships outsource large-scale contracts specificity perspective decisions long-term develop
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0.326 approach analysis application approaches new used paper methodology simulation traditional techniques systems process based using
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0.293 user involvement development users satisfaction systems relationship specific results successful process attitude participative implementation effective
0.288 article information author discusses comments technology paper presents states explains editor's authors issue focuses topics
0.229 systems information objectives organization organizational development variety needs need efforts technical organizations developing suggest given
0.225 managers managerial manager decisions study middle use important manager's appropriate importance context organizations indicate field
0.214 executive information article systems presents eis executives overview computer-based scanning discusses investigation support empirical robert
0.209 internal external audit auditing results sources closure auditors study control bridging appears integrity manager effectiveness
0.209 research researchers framework future information systems important present agenda identify areas provide understanding contributions using
0.209 strategic benefits economic benefit potential systems technology long-term applications competitive company suggest additional companies industry
0.188 differences analysis different similar study findings based significant highly groups popular samples comparison similarities non-is
0.185 participation activities different roles projects examined outcomes level benefits conditions key importance isd suggest situations
0.178 students education student course teaching schools curriculum faculty future experience educational university undergraduate mba business
0.177 information research literature systems framework review paper theoretical based potential future implications practice discussed current
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0.170 field work changes new years time change major period year end use past early century
0.168 business large organizations using work changing rapidly make today's available designed need increasingly recent manage
0.168 technology investments investment information firm firms profitability value performance impact data higher evidence diversification industry
0.165 implementation systems article describes management successful approach lessons design learned technical staff used effort developed
0.157 market trading markets exchange traders trade transaction financial orders securities significant established number exchanges regulatory
0.157 countries global developing technology international country developed national economic policy domestic study foreign globalization world
0.152 behavior behaviors behavioral study individuals affect model outcomes psychological individual responses negative influence explain hypotheses
0.151 control controls formal systems mechanisms modes clan informal used internal literature outsourced outcome theory configuration
0.146 model research data results study using theoretical influence findings theory support implications test collected tested
0.145 model use theory technology intention information attitude acceptance behavioral behavior intentions research understanding systems continuance
0.140 results study research experiment experiments influence implications conducted laboratory field different indicate impact effectiveness future
0.127 technology organizational information organizations organization new work perspective innovation processes used technological understanding technologies transformation
0.108 attention utilization existing codification model received does limitations theories receiving literature paying causes additional building
0.108 resource resources allocation chargeback manager effectiveness problem firms case gap allocating diverse dependence just bridge
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0.101 choice type functions nature paper literature particular implications function examine specific choices extent theoretical design

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Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L. 4 Piccoli, Gabriele 3 Olson, Margrethe H. 2 Ahmad, Rami 1
Cheney, Paul H. 1 Feeny, David F. 1 Goel, Lakshmi 1 Hamilton, Scott 1
Johnson, Norman A. 1 Junglas, Iris 1 Kasper, George M. 1 Lindsey, Darryl 1
Lasher, Donald R. 1 Vitale, Michael R. 1

Article Keywords (68)

Strategic information systems 3 CEOs 2 executive support 2 management of information systems 2
Annual reports 1 administration of computer centers. 1 application of information technology 1 annual report methodology 1
basic skills training 1 Behavior Control 1 Chargeback 1 citation analysis 1
Competitive uses of information technology 1 Computer-based trading systems 1 computer self-efficacy. 1 Control Theory 1
competitive advantage 1 cognitive absorption 1 electronic commodity exchange 1 experimental research 1
global information systems 1 Industry comparisons 1 Information technology management 1 information resource management 1
information satisfaction 1 international business 1 IS management 1 information systems managers 1
information systems success 1 image processing 1 information technology training 1 IT-dependent strategic initiatives 1
intention to return 1 Information systems for competitive advantage 1 knowledge utilization 1 key MIS issues 1
longitudinal data 1 large-scale project management 1 location awareness 1 Managing computing 1
Management information systems 1 multinational company 1 observing managers 1 product maintenance 1
Partnership 1 psychological contract 1 place attachment 1 Senior management 1
service 1 strategic advantage 1 small business 1 survey research 1
strategic alliances 1 strategic agility 1 sustainable competitive advantage 1 sense of place 1
social awareness 1 strategic IT applications. 1 sustaining competitive advantage 1 teamwork 1
trust 1 Task awareness 1 user attitudes 1 user involvement 1
Virtual learning environments 1 Virtual teams 1 worldwide MIS 1 Web-based training 1

Articles (14)

FROM SPACE TO PLACE: PREDICTING USERS' INTENTIONS TO RETURN TO VIRTUAL WORLDS. (MIS Quarterly, 2011)
Authors: Abstract:
    Virtual worlds have received considerable attention as platforms for entertainment, education, and commerce. But organizations are experiencing failures in their early attempts to lure customers, employees, or partners into these worlds. Among the more grievous problems is the inability to attract users back into a virtual environment. In this study, we propose and test a model to predict users' intentions to return to a virtual world. Our model is based on the idea that users intend to return to a virtual world having conceived of it as a "place" in which they have had meaningful experiences. We rely on the interactionist theory of place attachment to explain the links among the constructs of our model. Our model is tested via a lab experiment. We find that users' intentions to return to a virtual world is determined by a state of deep involvement (termed cognitive absorption) that users experience as they perform an activity and tend to lose track of time. In turn, cognitive absorption is determined by users' awareness of whom they interact with and how they interact within a virtual world, what they interact about, and where, in a virtual sense, such interaction occurs. Our work contributes to theory in the following ways: it identifies state predictors of cognitive absorption, it conceives of virtual worlds in such a way as to account for users' experiences through the notion of place, and it explains how the properties of a virtual world contribute to users' awareness.
IT-DEPENDENT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE. (MIS Quarterly, 2005)
Authors: Abstract:
    e role of information systems in the creation and appropriation of economic value has a long tradition of research, within which falls the literature on the sustainability of IT-dependent competitive advantage. In this article, we formally define the notion of IT-dependent strategic initiative and use it to frame a review of the literature on the sustainability of competitive advantage rooted in information systems use. We offer a framework that articulates both the dynamic approach to IT-dependent strategic advantage currently receiving attention in the literature and the underlying drivers of sustainability. This framework models how and why the characteristics of the IT-dependent strategic initiative enable sustained competitive advantage, and how the determinants of sustainability are developed and strengthened over time. Such explanation facilitates the pre-implementation analysis of planned initiatives by innovators, as well as the post-implementation evaluation of existing initiatives so as to identify the basis of their sustainability. In carrying out this study, we examined the interdisciplinary literature on strategic information systems. Using a structured methodology, we reviewed the titles and abstracts of 648 articles drawn from information systems, strategic management, and marketing literature. We then examined and individually coded a relevant subset of 117 articles. The literature has identified four barriers to erosion of competitive advantage for IT-dependent strategic initiatives and has surfaced the structural determinants of their magnitude. Previous work has also begun to theorize about the process by which these barriers to erosion evolve over time. Our review reveals that significant exploratory research and theoretical development have occurred in this area, but there is a paucity of research providing rigorous tests of theoretical propositions. Our work makes three principal contributions. First, it formalizes the definition of IT-dependent strategic initiative. Second, it organizes the extant interdisciplinary research around an integrative framework that should prove useful to both research and practice. This framework offers an explanation of how and why IT-dependent strategic initiatives contribute to sustained competitive advantage, and explains the process by which they evolve over time. Finally, our review and analysis of the literature offers the basis for future research directions
TRUST AND THE UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOR CONTROL IN VIRTUAL TEAMS. (MIS Quarterly, 2003)
Authors: Abstract:
    This article reports the findings of a longitudinal study of temporary virtual teams and explores the role of behavior control on trust decline. We conducted an experiment involving 51 temporary virtual teams. Half of the teams were required to comply with behavior control mechanisms traditionally used in colocated teams. Their counterparts were allowed to self-direct. Our analysis shows that the behavior control mechanisms typically used in traditional teams have a significant negative effect on trust in virtual teams. In-depth analysis of the communication logs of selected teams reveals that trust decline in virtual teams is rooted in instances of reneging and incongruence. Behavior control mechanisms increase vigilance and make instances when individuals perceive team members to have failed to uphold their obligations (i.e., reneging and incongruence) salient. Heightened vigilance and salience increase the likelihood that team members' failure to fulfill their obligations will be detected, thus contributing to trust decline.
WEB-BASED VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS IN BASIC IT SKILLS TRAINING. (MIS Quarterly, 2001)
Authors: Abstract:
    Internet technologies are having a significant impact on the learning industry. For-profit organizations and traditional institutions of higher education have developed and are using web-based courses, but little is known about their effectiveness compared to traditional classroom education. Our work focuses on the effectiveness of a web-based virtual learning environment (VLE) in the context of basic information technology skills training. This article provides three main contributions. First, it introduces and defines the concept of VLE, discussing how a VLE differs from the traditional classroom and differentiating it from the related, but narrower, concept of computer aided instruction (CAI). Second, it presents a framework of VLE effectiveness, grounded in the technology-mediated learning literature, which frames the VLE research domain, and addresses the relationship between the main constructs. Finally, it focuses on one essential VLE design variable, learner control, and compares a web-based VLE to a traditional classroom through a longitudinal experimental design. Our results indicate that, in the context of IT basic skills training in undergraduate education, there are no significant differences in performance between students enrolled in the two environments. However, the VLE leads to higher reported computer self-efficacy, while participants report being less satisfied with the learning process.
Applications of Global Information Technology: Key Issues for Management. (MIS Quarterly, 1991)
Authors: Abstract:
    Carefully crafted in vestments in global information technology offer firms an opportunity to increase control and enhance coordination, while opening access to new global markets and businesses. But engineering such global systems presents numerous challenges to management. In this article, we relate these challenges as they were described to us by 25 senior managers from Fortune 500 firms responsible for implementing and managing global applications of information technology. Among the findings of the interviews are four common approaches for managing global information technology.
Executive Involvement and Participation in the Management of Information Technology. (MIS Quarterly, 1991)
Authors: Abstract:
    Executive support is often prescribed as critical for fully tapping the benefits of information technology (IT). However, few investigations have attempted to determine what type of executive support is likely or organizationally appropriate. This article puts forward alternative models of executive support. The models are tested by examining chief executive officers' behaviors in and perceptions of IT activities. CEOs and information systems executives are surveyed and further data collected from industry handbooks and from chairmen's annual letters to shareholders. The results suggest that executive involvement (a psychological state) is more strongly associated with the firm's progressive use of IT than executive participation (actual behaviors) in IT activities. Executive involvement is influenced by a CEO's participation, prevailing organizational conditions, and the executive's functional background. CEO's perceptions about the importance of IT in their firms were generally positive, although they participated in IT activities rather infrequently.
USAA-IBM Partnerships in Information Technology: Managing the Image Project. (MIS Quarterly, 1991)
Authors: Abstract:
    The introduction of a large-scale image processing system at United Services Automobile Association (USAA) required both external and internal partnerships. The USAA-IBM external partnership demonstrates how the traditional arms-length relationship between a vendor and a customer evolved into a close relationship of mutual benefit with blurred boundaries between buyer and seller. Two internal partnerships, one within USAA and the other within IBM, illustrate the importance of internal partnerships in making an external partnership successful. This paper discusses the "mosaic" of relationships and the "squiggly lines" of responsibility that characterized the internal and external partnerships from the perspective of senior information systems management. The article also provides conceptual frameworks that help in generalizing from the partnership arrangements within USAA's environments to those of other organizations.
Information Technology and Corporate Strategy: A View from the Top. (Information Systems Research, 1990)
Authors: Abstract:
    Letters to shareholders in 649 annual reports published between 1972 and 1987 were analyzed for CEOs' views about information technology. Significant differences were found across industries--banking, publishing, petroleum, and retailing--in the number of times information technology was mentioned, the types of applications discussed, and the content of the discussion. The results of the industry analysis were in keeping with expectations based on the relative information intensity of the various industries. An analysis of the letters over time suggests that the position of IT in the firm, at least as seen by the CEO, was not much different in 1987 than it had been in 1982, but has expanded considerably from its position in 1972 and 1973. Reassuringly, we also found that the number of IT related phrases in the CEOs' letters to the shareholders was positively correlated with the firm's yearly net profits as a percentage of sales. A lagged analysis on profitability data could not, however, resolve the competing explanations for the correlation between profits and the number of IT-related phrases. These findings contribute new insights concerning strategic information systems and support the use of annual report data in analyzing organizational information technology phenomena.
In Search of Sustainability: Reaping Long-term Advantage from Investments in Information Technology. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 1990)
Authors: Abstract:
    We have raised executive management's awareness, and expectations of the strategic role of information systems technology. Teams of managers are commonly involved in workshops or planning processes designed to identify such applications. Conceptual frameworks to assist in such "idea-generation" sessions are widely cited in the literature and used in practice. Less well understood is the process used to evaluate the sustainability of proposed applications. We present a framework for evaluating sustainability based on the competitor's anticipated response time, differences among competitors, and the potential of the application to preempt competitive responses. Such an analysis is proposed as an evaluation tool for intended strategic applications of information technology.
TELCOT: An Application of Information Technology for Competitive Advantage in the Cotton Industry. (MIS Quarterly, 1990)
Authors: Abstract:
    The article discusses the Plains Cotton Cooperative Association's (PCCA) use of the computer-based trading system TELCOT. TELCOT, a computer-based system developed by PCCA, provides cotton traders with functions much like those available to New York Stock Exchange traders. The author states that about half of the U.S. cotton crop is grown in Texas and Oklahoma and this cotton amounts to around 10 percent of the world's annual crop. The author explains that in most areas of the U.S. producers collectively market their cotton in pools in which the grower signs a contract and the title to his or her cotton passes to the pool. When the cotton is purchased the grower receives the average price for that specific type of cotton. This means that the grower assumes the market risk. Article topics also include the TELCOT Automated Counter Offer program and the development of TELCOT as a strategic advantage.
After the Sale: Leveraging Maintenance with Information Technology. (MIS Quarterly, 1988)
Authors: Abstract:
    Post-sale maintenance is already an important part of the competitive strategy of some firms and will become increasingly important to many others in the future. Information technology can be a significant factor in leveraging investments in maintenance and in directing a firm's overall approach to the maintenance issue. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding, along with a series of examples that illustrate, the role information technology can play in the maintenance process. The framework and examples are intended to serve as a catalyst for identifying applications of information technology to post-sale maintenance.
Chargeback Systems and User Involvement in Information Systems--An Empirical Investigation. (MIS Quarterly, 1982)
Authors: Abstract:
    Computer chargeback systems are installed to meet various data processing objectives. One objective is to increase user involvement in decisions regarding information systems development and use. Presumably, increasing user involvement will result in more effective information systems. In a field study the authors examine the relationship between various characteristics of a computer chargeback system, the quality of the chargeback system's user interface, user involvement, and user attitudes about information systems services. Suggestions are given both for the practicing information systems manager and for future information systems researchers.
Knowledge Utilization Among MIS Researchers. (MIS Quarterly, 1982)
Authors: Abstract:
    Knowledge utilization among MIS researchers is examined via an analysis of 9,911 references appearing in 532 MIS journal articles published in fifteen journals during the 1970-1979 period. Quantitative indicators of references per article, type of publication referenced, elapsed time between citing and cited publications, and cross disciplinary references are used to categorize knowledge utilization by researchers in the MIS discipline and to analyze changes in reference patterns over the ten year period and differences between academician and practitioner authored works.
Manager or Technician? The Nature of the Information Systems Manager's Job. (MIS Quarterly, 1981)
Authors: Abstract:
    The role of the information systems manager has evolved in twenty years from that of a technician managing a relatively unimportant service function into that of a vice presidential-level, general manager whose department can substantially impact the entire organization. In this article we trace, by example, the historical evolution of the job, and through an observational study of six information systems managers, examine the position today. The analysis includes the daily activities of the managers, the nature of the oral contacts that constitute 76% of their day, and other notable observations. The information systems manager's role is depicted as one of coordinator, motivator, and planner, with a cadre of experts, both internal and external, who provide technical expertise.